Out of the Mouths of Babes

A stranger was seated next to an 8-year old girl on the airplane when the stranger turned to her and said, “Let’s talk. I’ve heard that flights go quicker if You strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.”

The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, “What would you like to talk about?”

“Oh, I don’t know,” said the stranger. “How about nuclear power?” and he smiled.

“Okay,” she said. “That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff – grass.

Yet a deer excretes little pellets while a cow turns out a flat patty, and horse produces clumps of pulverized grass. Why do you suppose that is?”

The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl’s intelligence, thinks about it and says, “Hmmm, I have no idea.”

To which the little girl replies while she slowly reopens her book, “Do you really feel qualified to discuss nuclear power when you don’t know shit?